McCants: Your thoughts?

[Defensewins]

Do you mean Ramsey's confidence is so weak that we can not have another good QB on the roster or it will 'mess with his head?
If so, get rid of him. We can not have a QB we have hold his hand and have to reassure all time for him to play well. This the NFL and you will always have competition/back ups on your team.

RedskinsJunkie said, "Everyone wants to compare our team lately with NE because of WR, what if every year Belichek (sp?) brought in guys to compete for Brady's job??? Again, I don't consider these guys in the same ball park right now, but Ramsey has a lot of upside and if he had some continuity in the team and coaches he would be a lot farther along than he is right now."

In the first SB season Brady was the backup that came in after Bledsoe got hurt, and when Bledsoe got healthy there was a huge QB controversy. Imagine having a probowl Qb (Bledsoe) on our bench that had previously led his team to the superbowl? Brady played great, the pressure did not effect him. Under your logic Ramsey would have folded like a cheap suit if he had Beldsee on his team.

[RedskinsJunkie]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Do you mean Ramsey's confidence is so weak that we can not have another good QB on the roster or it will 'mess with his head?
If so, get rid of him. We can not have a QB we have hold his hand and have to reassure all time for him to play well. This the NFL and you will always have competition/back ups on your team.

RedskinsJunkie said, "Everyone wants to compare our team lately with NE because of WR, what if every year Belichek (sp?) brought in guys to compete for Brady's job??? Again, I don't consider these guys in the same ball park right now, but Ramsey has a lot of upside and if he had some continuity in the team and coaches he would be a lot farther along than he is right now."

In the first SB season Brady was the backup that came in after Bledsoe got hurt, and when Bledsoe got healthy there was a huge QB controversy. Imagine having a probowl Qb (Bledsoe) on our bench that had previously led his team to the superbowl? Brady played great, the pressure did not effect him. Under your logic Ramsey would have folded like a cheap suit if he had Beldsee on his team.

2 different situations. Brady came in because a guy was hurt. It was a much easier decision to make when the incumbant is a) hurt b) old and c) going into a contract year. Belichek obviously didn't see that much difference in the 2 QBs to pay out the money to keep Bledsoe and he knew that he could get good value from him by trading him for picks. Ramsey/Brunell/Campbell is a completely different scenerio.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by RedskinsJunkie

2 different situations. Brady came in because a guy was hurt. It was a much easier decision to make when the incumbant is a) hurt b) old and c) going into a contract year. Belichek obviously didn't see that much difference in the 2 QBs to pay out the money to keep Bledsoe and he knew that he could get good value from him by trading him for picks. Ramsey/Brunell/Campbell is a completely different scenerio.

Wait you changed the subject:
You brought it up in the context of a young QB not having to look over his shoulder and not feeling confidant. Not about which QB the coach should choose or what trade value that QB has.

Regarding your points that it was easier for coach Bellichek because:
a) the incumbant is hurt
b) the incumbant is old
c) going into contract year

The old and hurt incumbant (Bledsoe) was healthy and on the sidelines and ready to go before the playoffs strated in 2001 season. Brady got hurt in the in a very close AFC Champioship game against the Steelers and Bledsoe led them to the victiory. It was a day before the SB that Bellichek decided to go with Brady after Bledsoe played so well in the Steeler game the week prior.

I was living in Boston from 2000-2004; I was there and there was a huge QB controversy leading into that first SB win in 2001. It was not an easy decision for Bellichek, the city was leaning more towards going with the vet Bledsoe. It was a very unpopular decision in Boston that he went with Brady. Despite all of this pressure, the very young 6th round draft pick (Brady) did just fine.
That is real pressure, getting picked to start the SB over a multi-probowl player and having that probowl player HEALTHY on the side line ready to go.
With Ramsey's weak confidance with Brunnell on his team, he would not have handled this situation since it is more tense.

[RedskinsJunkie]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Wait you changed the subject:
You brought it up in the context of a young QB not having to look over his shoulder and not feeling confidant. Not about which QB the coach should choose or what trade value that QB has.

Regarding your points that it was easier for coach Bellichek because:
a) the incumbant is hurt
b) the incumbant is old
c) going into contract year

The old and hurt incumbant (Bledsoe) was healthy and on the sidelines and ready to go before the playoffs strated in 2001 season. Brady got hurt in the in a very close AFC Champioship game against the Steelers and Bledsoe led them to the victiory. It was a day before the SB that Bellichek decided to go with Brady after Bledsoe played so well in the Steeler game the week prior.

I was living in Boston from 2000-2004; I was there and there was a huge QB controversy leading into that first SB win in 2001. It was not an easy decision for Bellichek, the city was leaning more towards going with the vet Bledsoe. It was a very unpopular decision in Boston that he went with Brady. Despite all of this pressure, the very young 6th round draft pick (Brady) did just fine.
That is real pressure, getting picked to start the SB over a multi-probowl player and having that probowl player HEALTHY on the side line ready to go.
With Ramsey's weak confidance with Brunnell on his team, he would not have handled this situation since it is more tense.

Bledsoe was hurt pretty early in the year if I remember correctly and Brady had one heck of a year. You could compare that to Rothlesburger (I know I can't spell) because it is pretty similar although Maddox isn't quite Bledsoe.

When Brady got hurt Bledsoe had a great game against the steelers yes, but It was Brady's team at that point. They could have put Bledsoe in well before the Steelers game because he was healthy enough to play. The move to get Brady in and Bledsoe out came out of necesity at first but then it was a shrewed move by Belichek knowing he had value in Bledsoe and he traded him for picks (at least one first rounder right??). We gave away 3 picks for a guy that Gibbs called a project? Listen, I hope all of this turns out for the best, I am just saying that Ramsey needs to be given the team and the trust to prosper.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Do you mean Ramsey's confidence is so weak that we can not have another good QB on the roster or it will 'mess with his head?
If so, get rid of him. We can not have a QB we have hold his hand and have to reassure all time for him to play well. This the NFL and you will always have competition/back ups on your team.

If you look at my original reasons for Ramsey possibly having a psychological problem, you'd see that having another good QB on the roster is not the only reason. We all KNOW that Gibbs brought in Brunell to start.

Say you have earned the starting spot after playing fairly well for a couple years, getting sacked repeatedly only to have your new coach draft a veteran and a college kid the next, how do you think people would feel?. Gibbs definitely spouted some rhetoric in saying that the competition would determine who would be starter. Ramsey played well enough to be starter years prior, why should he have to RE-try out for his job?

People are saying that if he is too fragile to handle this or too fragile to handle that, then maybe he's not the right one for us. Ramsey has, for lack of a better term, been shit on fairly heavily in terms of things that are detrimental to a person's psyche.